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BEECH FERN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any fern of the genus Phegopteris having deeply cut triangular fronds
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("beech fern" is a kind of...):
fern (any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "beech fern"):
broad beech fern; Dryopteris hexagonoptera; Phegopteris hexagonoptera; southern beech fern; Thelypteris hexagonoptera (beech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripes)
Dryopteris phegopteris; long beech fern; narrow beech fern; northern beech fern; Phegopteris connectilis; Thelypteris phegopteris (beech fern of North America and Eurasia)
Holonyms ("beech fern" is a member of...):
genus Phegopteris; Phegopteris (beech ferns: genus is variously classified: considered alternative name for genus Dryopteris or included in genus Thelypteris)
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